hi folks, new to this forum. hope you can get me going in the right direction. my older laser w/ 22 hp kohler seems to have alot of oil coming out of the breather tube and puddling in the air filter plate. this engine has about 2500 known hours on it. [the hour meter was unplugged for a bit by the original owner] it was missfiring a bit and fouling 1 plug. i changed the coils and seems to be running fine, just a minor miss once in a while. thanks for any help offered.
22 hp kohler excess oil use
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I would take a look at the possibility of a bad head gasket. With the engine running at half throttle, unscrew the dipstick and set it loose on the tube. Does it jump up/down? If the answer is yes, you may have to replace the head gasket on the side with the fouled plug.
sorry i didnt respond earlier, i had to go to a derby party. no i didnt pick the winner but had fun anyway. my dipstick fits pretty tight but there seems to be quite a bit of pressure coming from the tube. enough to flap a card held 1/2 inch away. hope this helps you help me. thanks again.
If you just rest the dipstick on top of the fill tube and it bounces up and down I would be changing the head gasket on the side of the fouled plug, especially if it is oil fouled. If you have the availability of a compression gauge and/or cylinder leak down tester you could double check before proceeding.
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With over 2500 hrs it sure sound like OH time to me.